Philosophy:
The Dave Matthews Band has always believed that the music community should remain interactive, and enjoy keeping up relations with their steadily growing fan base. Since the very beginnings of their success, they have allowed fans to tape shows for their personal use, feeling that each show is unique and that fans should have the opportunity to recreate and relive the experience of the band?s phenomenal live shows. The band encourages trading amongst fans, but this has of course led to problems with bootlegged material.
Since 1993, the band has released a number of live recordings, and five studio albums, the latest being Busted Stuff, released July 2002. This album consists of tracks written in 2000 under the title The Lilywhite Sessions, which had been put aside while the band wrote and released their first electric album Everyday. These tracks became available over the internet, and the band?s first bootleg album went into production around the world.
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